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Be it known that I, PIERRE J. HARDY, of the city and State of New York,have invented, made, and applied tmuse a certain new and usefulimprovement in Folding Chairs; and I do hereby declare thefollowing tobe a hill, clear, and efiact description of the said invention,reference heing' had to the annexed drawing, making part of thisspecification, wherein-- I I Figure 1 is an ele ation of my improvedchair as opened for use, theleg and'rail on one side being in section toshow the joint; sndi Figure 2 is a similar view of the chair whenfolded.

The same letters denote corresponding parts.

Folding chairs have heretofore been made with X-legs without arms; alsowith side arms extending vex-2L sally, or nenrly so"; from the top milsas the chair is open; hence, when the chair i.- t'olded, it will notshut up into a small compass, because the arms first come together, andthese standing at an angle to the X-legs prevent those closing. Foldingchairs have also been made with hinges between theupper ends of'theX-legs and the arms; but these hove been of a character liable to beinjured by the weightof the person.

The nature of'lmy said invention consists in a peculiar hinge introducedbetween the folding X-legs and the arm-pieces, wherehy the parts areallowed to fold; but when spread for use the strain is not upon thejoints of the Hinges, becausethc ends oi the legs enter into recessescontuining also the hinges.-

In the drawing, a and b are the legs, united near their centres, so asto open into an X -form, or fold together. 1

Those are to be of any desired size or construction. c c are the rails,from which the arms rise. E'ach arm is made with a front post, (i,'abeck post, e, and an arm-piece, f, framed together in anjr desiredmanner. From one rail 0 to the other the webbing forming the, seat 9extends; and it is a back, also of-nebbing, extending from one post e tothe other. The hinges that unite the upper ends of the X-legs to therails c are each made with a stool-ren into which the upper end of theleg is introduced; and a. screw is employed to hold the socket upon theend of the leg; and this socket is connected by the joint'o to the plater, that is made circular, and

of a size corresponding to that of the socket i; and it is screwed intoa recess bored in the rail 0.

Itwill'now he evident that the ends of the legs can he turned of a sizeto fit the sockets i, and holes bored in the rails c for the plates r;and when the chair is in use the hinge itself is relieved of strain,because the sockets on theends of the legs enter the holes in the railsc.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is t The hingesformed as cups for the tops of the legs, as specified, and introducedbetween thefolding X-legs and the side rails of the arms, as set forth.l 2

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this fifteenth dayof April, 1867.

P. J. HARDY.

Witnesses: I 7 Guns. H. SMITH,

Geo. D. WALKER.

